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Saturday, June 30, 2012

To participate in the Saturday Snapshot meme post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken, and then leave a direct link to your post in the linky at At Home With Books. Photos can be old or new, and be of any subject as long as they are clean and appropriate for all eyes to see. How much detail you give in the caption is entirely up to you. Please don’t post random photos that you find online.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Ken Budd is trying to come to terms with the reality that, though he desperately wants children, his wife, just as firmly, does not. His beloved father passes away and Budd realizes that there will be no children in his life to mourn his own passing. He decides to divert this desire to have children into efforts to help others and makes plans to volunteer in places of need around the world.

In the course of this book, he ventures to New Orleans after Katrina, to China to work with special needs students, to Costa Rica to teach English, to Ecuador to explore the effect of global warming, to the West Bank to help Palestinians, and to Africa to work with orphans.

In the process, Budd teaches us that there are ways to effectively work through what appears to be a no-win situation.

Don't forget to stop by and sign up for the Literary Book Blog Hop Giveaway!I'm giving away copies of Anne Tyler's latest book
(thank you, Marcia!) as well as
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
and a $15 gift card to Book Depository!

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week…. and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from!

I love being a part of this and I hope you do too! As part of this weekly meme Book Journey loves to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. Book Journey offers a weekly contest for those who visit 10 or more of the Monday Meme participants and leave a comment telling BJ how many you visited.

Friday, June 22, 2012

Welcome!

Welcome to the Literary Giveaway Blog Hop!

The Literary Giveaway Blog Hop is hosted by Leeswammes. Between now and Wednesday, June 27th, you can hop to over 50 different book blogs, all offering one or more giveaways of books or bookish items. All books will be literary fiction or nonfiction. Follow the links at the bottom of this post to find the other participating blogs.

My Giveaway

As part of the blog hop I will be giving away 2 books which are open for United States entries...

and a $15 gift card to Book Depository, which is open to worldwide entries.

(2) You must leave a comment here that expresses whether you'd like to win The Beginner's Goodbye or Behind the Beautiful Forevers (US only), and/or the gift card (international), and includes an e-mail address (posted in an elusive way to thwart the wicked).

The Literary Blog Hop is scheduled to begin on Saturday, June 23rd at 12:01 am EST and end on Wednesday, June 27th at 11:59 pm EST. The Beginner's Goodbye and Behind the Beautiful Forevers are open to bloggers in the US only. The Book Depository gift card is open to bloggers anywhere Book Depository can ship.

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

Each week we will post a new Top Ten list that one of our bloggers here at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.

Two books arrived from Australia,
both on our 1001 Children's Book list....
Thank you, Louise!

Taronga

The Nargun and the Stars

What are you reading today?!

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week…. and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from!

I love being a part of this and I hope you do too! As part of this weekly meme Book Journey loves to encourage you all to go and visit the others participating in this meme. Book Journey offers a weekly contest for those who visit 10 or more of the Monday Meme participants and leave a comment telling BJ how many you visited.

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

Each week we will post a new Top Ten list that one of our bloggers here at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists! If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.